In 1983, ICES received funding from OCAP to begin the Raising Healthy Families Program in Tuolumne County. This program has recently expanded their year-round parenting classes to two nights a week to meet the growing needs of families in Tuolumne County.
Raising Healthy Families
Parenting is a tough job and an enormous responsibility. Whether you are a single parent, two-parent family, grandparent, or other relative raising a child, we’re here to help you. The Raising Healthy Families Program in Tuolumne County has dedicated staff that support parents and guardians. It is through our free services that we can help strengthen your family. We provide individualized in-home parenting support, educational parenting workshops, and year-round basic parenting classes. In addition, we can help you find local resources that can help meet your family’s needs.
Parenting Classes and Workshops
Parenting classes and workshops are a fun and educational way to meet other parents with similar concerns. We have courses which address parenting all ages of children from infants to teens. Our courses and workshops utilize evidence-based curriculum that has proved to be successful in helping parents learn:
- How to develop empathy for your child
- Positive and effective ways to discipline
- How to develop nurturing routines
- Appropriate expectations of your child at his or her various ages and stages
To Sign-up for our Weekly Parenting Classes:
Our classes are held virtually by ZOOM on Tuesday evenings from 5:30-6:30pm.
The following registration form will need to be filled out online for each person taking the class.
After you have completed the intake form, email parentingclasses@icesagency.org informing us you have completed it, as well as add parentingclasses@icesagency.org email to your contacts so that you don’t miss the Zoom link for the class. If you don’t see a welcome email from us within 3 business days of submitting your forms, please check your junk/spam folder and then give us a call at 209-425-5177 to ensure that we have received your forms.
In-Home Parenting Support
Our highly-trained Family Success Coaches provide flexible, personal, individualized one-on-one education, meeting families’ unique needs. In helping parents develop effective parenting skills, the Family Success Coach identifies strengths within the family and helps them to set attainable goals along with effective ways of nurturing children. Some of the topics that may be covered are:
- Managing stressful times
- Learning to have developmentally appropriate expectations of your child
- Creating a safe and secure environment in the home
- Creating empathetic and trusting relationships within the family
- Understanding why you parent the way you do
If you feel you are in need of parenting support or know of a parent, grandparent raising a grandchild, or foster/adoptive parent who could use some help, call us at (209) 533-0377 or fill out a contact form here to request more information.
Workshops and Classes are being offered virtually. To register for parenting classes, please see the intake register forms below. Recorded workshops are also available for viewing below or on Youtube.
Help Me Grow
Because your child’s first 5 years are so important, we want to help you provide the best start for your child. Help Me Grow Tuolumne County is a no-cost service to families of young children, birth to age five.
We can:
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Answer questions about your child’s development and behavior
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Offer free developmental screenings
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Provide tips to support your child’s development
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Connect you to local services, if your child needs extra support
Email helpmegrow@icesagency.org
Workshops
Childhood Anxiety: Helping Kids Face Their Worries
The 3 Hidden Senses
How to Get Kids to Listen Without Yelling
RHF Parent Leadership
Fathers play an essential role in the lives of children. With that essential relationship in mind, this year we have dedicated Parent Leadership to fathers. We have begun this year’s Parent Leadership by incorporating our father’s curriculum and building nurturing skills with dads. Stay tuned for updates on our new Parent Leadership classes.
For any who are interested we have a Fathers Leadership Group starting very soon and we are taking sign-ups. This group will meet monthly, include peer mentoring and support and community leadership opportunities.
Please call our office or email parentingclasses@icesagency.org if you are interested!